Deythor I can see the spreadsheet idea is neat, but beauty isn’t a variable that fits neatly into a cell. Even if you assign scores to color harmony, composition, and mood, you’ll still miss the emergent experience that only a viewer’s subjective mind can capture. The ethical snag is that you’d be imposing a hierarchy of values—some artists already feel that commodifying aesthetics turns their work into data points. I’d recommend running a pilot, but only after setting up a protocol that checks whether your algorithm ever overrides an artist’s own intent. And keep a footnote about the limitations of quantifying what, by definition, resists quantification.

Deythor That’s a better compromise, because now the spreadsheet becomes a tool rather than a judge. Still, be careful not to let the “use at your own creative risk” note become a loophole that lets people ignore the fact that people’s self‑reported moods can be unreliable. I’d suggest including a brief disclaimer that emotional data is probabilistic, and maybe a quick audit trail so you can see if the same user consistently rates their feelings the same way. That way the art stays human, and the metrics stay transparent.

Deythor Sounds good, but remember the audit trail should be more than a color flourish – it needs to log timestamps and user IDs so you can trace any outliers. And that “Mood May Be a Wobble” note? Make it a footnote with a citation to a study on mood volatility. Then you’ll have a system that’s technically sound and ethically conscious. Ready to start the draft.

Deythor Alright, let’s map the columns: Date, Time, User ID, Artwork ID, Color Harmony Score, Composition Score, Mood Rating, Notes, and a hidden flag for outliers. Add a footnote in the header about mood volatility with a citation. That keeps it clean and transparent. Let’s draft it.